A Prayer for The Birds was written by Crystal Jacqueline's partner and musical director Icarus Peel and was inspired by their shared love of nature and the environment. While the album may offer something familiar and dependable, it s another step forward in a musical journey that started some years ago. For this album, Jacqueline was joined by new backing singers Victoria Reyes and Elaine Lightfoot. Victoria also plays exquisite oboe and Lizzy Wayne, who s also played with the Honey Pot, adds flute. Both players and instruments add new colours to a pastoral sonic palette. Together they lay down a deep-pile carpet to walk on, a perfectly heated pool to swim in, an adequately logged fireplace to lie in front of. TRACK LISTING CD 1 1) The Edge of My Garden / 2) White Horse Hill / 3) Dorsetshire Days / 4) 100 Years Ago / 5) First Light / 6) Arise The Sun 7) Mercy Rose / 8) A Prayer For The Birds / 9) Turn The Tide / 10) Moth / 11) Birdsong CD 2 1) Water Hyacinth (live) / 2) Grantchester Meadows (live) / 3) Siren (live) / 4) By The Way (live) / 5) I Talk To The Wind (live) 6) Sebastian (live) / 7) Mercy Rose (live) / 8) My Words Of Love (album outtake)
